What chart record did the album set?

Hundreds of weeks on the US album chart

The Dark Side of the Moon Quiz: Pink Floyd's Prism and Sound

This The Dark Side of the Moon quiz shines light through the prism of Pink Floyd's landmark album. Play 10 interactive questions on the Hipgnosis cover design, the heartbeat that opens it, cash register loops in Money, an unusual time signature, engineer Alan Parsons, Clare Torry's wordless vocal, spoken interviews with studio staff and years on the charts.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Band
Which band released The Dark Side of the Moon?
Cover
What does the cover show?
Design
Which design group created the cover?
Heart
Which sound opens the album?
Money
Which sound effects open the song Money?
Time
Which unusual time signature does Money mostly use?
Engineer
Which engineer worked on the album?
Voice
Who sang the wordless vocal on The Great Gig in the Sky?
Speech
What spoken voices appear on the album?
Chart
What chart record did the album set?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which band released The Dark Side of the Moon?
Answer: Pink Floyd
It came out in 1973.
Q2: What does the cover show?
Answer: Light passing through a prism
A rainbow spreads from it.
Q3: Which design group created the cover?
Answer: Hipgnosis
Storm Thorgerson co-founded it.
Q4: Which sound opens the album?
Answer: A heartbeat
It also closes the record.
Q5: Which sound effects open the song Money?
Answer: Cash registers and coins
They form a looping rhythm.
Q6: Which unusual time signature does Money mostly use?
Answer: 7/4
The guitar solo shifts to 4/4.
Q7: Which engineer worked on the album?
Answer: Alan Parsons
He later led his own project.
Q8: Who sang the wordless vocal on The Great Gig in the Sky?
Answer: Clare Torry
She improvised in one session.
Q9: What spoken voices appear on the album?
Answer: Answers from studio staff and others
Questions were written on cards.
Q10: What chart record did the album set?
Answer: Hundreds of weeks on the US album chart
It stayed for over 900 weeks.

Light Through a Prism

The Dark Side of the Moon, released by Pink Floyd in 1973, explores time, money, conflict and madness. It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios with engineer Alan Parsons. The album opens and closes with the sound of a heartbeat.

Money begins with looping cash registers and coins and is mostly in 7/4 time, shifting to 4/4 for the guitar solo. On The Great Gig in the Sky, session singer Clare Torry improvised a soaring wordless vocal. Spoken answers from studio staff and others, given in response to written questions, appear throughout.

The cover, designed by Hipgnosis, shows a beam of light passing through a prism and spreading into a rainbow. The album stayed on the US album chart for over 900 weeks, one of the longest runs ever.

What This Quiz Teaches

Rock fans will enjoy these questions.

What the album explores
Which sounds it uses
Who sang and engineered
What the cover shows
Which records it set

Did You Know?

Roger Waters wrote the lyrics.
David Gilmour played lead guitar.
Synthesizers swirl on On the Run.
Brain Damage mentions the lunatic.
Eclipse closes the album.